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September 3, 1925

On September 3, 1925, uSS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne. Ernestina Herrera de Noble, Ernestina Herrera de Noble, Ernestina Herrera de Noble would arrive in the same year.

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1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1925th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 925th year of the 2nd millennium, the 25th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1920s decade.

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On September 3, 1925

  1. 1925 USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.

    United States Navy rigid airship destroyed in 1925

    USS Shenandoah was the first of four United States Navy rigid airships. It was constructed during 1922–1923 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, and first flew in September 1923. S.

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Ernestina Herrera de Noble 1925– Argentine publisher and executive (died 2017)
Ernestina Herrera de Noble 1925– Argentine publisher and executive (died 2017)
Ernestina Herrera de Noble 1925– Argentine publisher and executive (died 2017)
Ernestina Herrera de Noble 1925– Argentine publisher and executive (died 2017)

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